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This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE
JUNE 17, 2024
The defense of Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, El Chapo, asked for more time to review the evidence against his client in a Chicago court appearance this morning.
Ovidio’s defense, led by attorney Jeffrey Lichtman, requested more time to review all the evidence, including recordings and reports, compiled by the U.S. government, reported The National Desk.
The El Raton appeared before Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, in a hearing designed to review the charges faced by the Mexican, and of which he pleaded not guilty in another hearing.
The judge set the next hearing for October 1, at 10:15 am.
Ovidio Guzmán López was arrested on January 5, 2023, in the Jesús María syndicate, in the municipality of Culiacán, and on September 15 of the same year, he was extradited to the United States, where he faced charges of drug possession with intent to traffic and distribute them in the US, criminal association, conspiracy to manufacture drugs, money laundering, and illegal possession of firearms for the exclusive use of the army.
Two days after being extradited, Guzmán López pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.